The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-04-28

old.
Donmyer, Gibbs & Go. are raising
their dam eight inches.
spring trade is FAR beyond the ex-
pectatlons OF our merchants
The city clerks Office viii be IN
the United States land Office.
L. :. Warner, OF Brookville, was
in the city yesterday and went home
on the o'clock train.
A short walk Tuesday night for
DR.. Crowley and little girl yester-
day morning FOR }. H. MaPes.
Willis Kesler sold lot 20. North
Santa Re the Moran lot 10 Ii. O.
Brooks, Of Wichita, for s9.0o0.
Dan Weigner has removed his
bakery and confectionery 70 his new
brick building on North santa Fe.
r. A. Hariesty, prominent law
yer Of Lincoln Center. Is spending n
few days in the city on legal business.
Aug. johnson. Of Falun. returned
last evening from Kansas City, hav-
ing made q good profit on his ship
meut Of hogs.
Attorney, Hardesty, Of Lincoln
Center, was in the city yesterday,
being engaged in a contest case be-
fore the L. $. land office.
Wesley Kouns has sold eight
acres Of land just south Of the Kan
sas Wesleyan University, adjoining
the railroad track, for S2,O00.
+. T.. Gay, Of the National Insur-
ance Company, returned to Salina
yesterday morning,aiier AN extended
trip 10 Wichita, aud various oiher
towns.
Messrs. Bond and league, OF
Parsons, Kansas, passed through
the city yesterday en route 10 Rus
sell, Kansas. They will spend few
days in Salina on their return.
Frank W. Strearor, Of the firm Of
StreatOr Bros, left last night for
Wichita, from which place he ex-
poets to make a flying trip through
the western part of the state, stopping
severnl days IL Salina.-LeGrrnrorfh
Timcs.
Eight lots were sold yesterday in
North Park. Mr.. Tyler bought four
OF them. There will be- at least two
good houses go up in consequence Of
this sale, which was made by Mr..
Murry.
'"The Factory Girlr is the play al
the opera house tonight. Il il need
less for M to promise ia advance
something which j. really guod and
which will crafty those who Wit
ness Il.
The authorities and tlsr 'craps"
players are having quite a game Of
''hide and seek just now. II is only
n question OF time until the latter
will find themselves resting in the
cooler.
Yesterday was regular examining
day by the pension board, and
five applicants appeared for e&anina-
tion-one from Ottawa county, two
from Dickinson county, one from
Marquette, McPherson county, and
one from Salina.
Or. Brown last evening made a
count of the number Of doctors in
Salina. lie counted up twenty-five.
Estimating the population at S,Ol1,
this would he one doctor for every
S2O people. II is thus seen that the
doctor supply Is unlimited.
Mrs. Frank Bowman and Mrs.
William Russell, of this city. each
presented their respective husbands
with bouncing baby boy, yesterday,
the former in the morning and the
latter in the afternoon, both being
attended by DIR. ", b. Devices The
husbands are happy papas.
We acknowledge a sereuade which
was rendered Us about one O'Clock this
morning By unknown parties In
our endeavors to ascertain who we
had to thank for such a pleasant dis
turbance, we frightened them away,
and il stlll remains a mystery. The
JOURNAL returns thanks, all the
same.
Parties are circulating petitions in
Eureka township calling an election
10 vote aid for the smoky Valley
and Council Grove railroad; or in
other words the ..cni Off from typ
sum city to Marquette. The tax
payers in the northern part Of the
township are not favorably impress
ed with the proposition,
The daughter Of Hon. Archie VIII
llamz was married in Topeka last
evening, 10 }. Lyle DicSey, Of Oma-
la, son Of J. J Diekey superinien-
dent Of Western Union Telegraph
Company OF this district. They
will arrive I'm Salina this morning.
They will remain here until the 5 40
train, when they ga on to Denver.
There was a meeting last evening
of John \. Logan Post, c. A. r.. Ia
take steps to raise contributions ion
the q. A. Z. Grant monument fund.
After some deliberatlon II was decid-
ed that a committee should be ap-
pointed by the commander to solicit
subscriptions aud report AT future
meeting, at which time the post con-
tribution will also be made
Mr.. G.. W. Blow, carpenter, who
was working on Mr. Kemper's house,
met with quite an accident yester-
day. He was using the saw, when II
slipped-and hitting hiin on the left
wrist, cut his wrist aud thumb
open in ghastly shape lie was TAX
en- to Dr. Brown's Office, the cut WIS
dressed, and ut last accounts be wac
doing very well,
Mr.. Wesley Kouns has an al. In
this mornings paper with a cut o.
his automatic anti-freezing stock
water tube, which he has patented
He will dispose Of all his property
and give his entire attention 20 thl.
business hereafter. II Is said to b,
an excellent fnvenfiou and one fhel